Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-20


is no man in this State better calculated tD rep
resent the interests ofthis great com monw ealth
than the Hon. George Hearst fsay it, MY friends
Because he is more than great iB the developm.st
Crossed the plains in the sarly pioneer days. and
because he has taken the pick snsi shovel and
by the force of his own iniOniitable viii he has
climbed the ladder of faIns and tortune. Ard
in so doing can tell you tnst he ESs never for
goiteFa any of the requirements of this state, and
to-day he stands out as the great Senatorial
figure, representing all the industries of the
State. a you do not believe that George Hearst
has braTAS, goto the men who represent She great
mining Interests; go TO his vineyard. talk to
him upon that subject. He is ene of those who
believes that the State of California should
furnish the wine to the worl6. and Ire knows
how to bring about that result He is one Sf the
great agriculsurists of the State lie can Iell
the farmer what he had better uaise to bring
about profit. and how he had better tto it,
lie is Il practical miner. lie believes in that
great industry but he believes that il should be
SO carried ON ss not i'll any way or manner 10
interfere with Ihe other industries Of
the State, and he is a man broad
enough and honest enough to 20
legisla'e that all OF the complicated interests
of This State may go on in harmony together.
N addition TO THAI, my friends, he is ard always
mas been the Champion of the people. Never in
the history of the great enterprises that he
beads has there been any difficulty between
him and his employees. Go to his manufactories
go to his mines, 90 to his vineyards, go to every
place III which he il interested, and among all
the army OF his employees. and there peace and
eonIentment reigns. He deals justly and
honestly and literally with them all. There is
no such thing heard of as strike" in all of
the industries that Senator George Hearst leads
in this State. and appeal to you again, should
it be said, that man who has DISTINGUISHED
h 'Inself in all of the leading industries
OF this State is a man without braius2
do not claim for Elr. Hearst that he is IL Clay,
u Calhoun or a Webster but do claim that in
all the elements that 20 to make up State. he
is rs familiar with them as any other IT an with
i'll the United States. And he is as competent
10 lcgislate intelligently upon these great inter
ests rs any other senator in the United States.
can say 10 you, my friends. that his public
career is such that the shaft of hostile criticism
falls harmless at his side. His private life is
pure and blaneless and if YOU elect him to the
high oiiice of Unit d states Senator you will
have man in the Senate capable of dealing
with the interests OF this state Il man who
would forever aud on all occasions be found on
the side of the people
Gentlemen of the Convention, | thank you for
your kind attention, and L now submit: his
name TO YOU for your careful cons. .deratiOn.
Applause
Senator Goucher arose and said Mr. Presi-
dent, within the vision of my mind 10 other
honor within the length or the limits of State
love can equal thai which this assembling pro
vides. 1t ought, sir, TO be our duty at this time
acting for our people, to select and send a man
10 the station on the ou'ermost watch tower of
the rights of this State there to act as our senti-
mel, our advocate aud our champion. All tne
interests within this State are to day signaling
our hearts, and heralding our judgments to act
in this high trust with purposes as white rs
snow. From the glittering chamber Of the rich
mans palace comes the signal to make their eu-
dsavors happy. from the freside of the D lor
man comeSa prayer thatwe forget him not From
the merchants and industrial Doors come their
appeal. In tue valley the iarmeris eagerly watch
ing our wisdom in this chamber. Afar Off in the
mountains, where the miner is engaged in toll
he muses. almost against his belief us 10 whether
his welfare will not be hidden from us All
these considerations reminding us of the mag
nitude OF onr trust, should make us have regard
for our state, and our love for her people be su-
preme to-day. With such interests and expecta-
tiOus we must select Senator who i, OF the peo-
plea Senator whose heart and whole life has
been for the people. They will trust no other
He must be man who loves California and her
citizens, because there can be no patriot
ism III any breast that is not attached
to their state, and without patriotism
there can be no loyal services. He must be Il
man who has knowledge of the State. and we
can find such n man in those who first circled
about the cradle of California in the early years
OF her infancy. He must be man whom the
people honor, because, unless the people know
him to be their friend, his selection will at once
excite their distrlist. Feeling all these neces
sary conditions. am proud at this time to say
that we have found the right man in the pres
ence of Senstor George Hearst. Applause. /
/, Coming to California about thirty-six years ago
he joined those toiling pioneers who gave this
State its first greatness and this world-w wide re-
nown. From that day down, Mr. Chairman
until this hour, he has made this State his
home. 1t has been his country and his idol
Honest industrious, he mace fortune, he ac-
cumulatc wealth. Then the developments of
the mines of this State followed. He allowed
his fortune 10 bear its lawful share of the obli-
CATION imposed by the State government,
the demands of the State against
thtse towers that defied it, authority
The reopie of the State know him, and as
shown by the fact, that at the last November
q dpefHAd IN hon, . I.n,
decided any other question. the fact that they
had confidence in senator Hearst, and desired
him for their Senator. therefore second the
nomination OF Senator Hearst, because ! know
heswill go to the discharge of his Senatorial
duty free from all alliance with any Interest
that may become antagoniStic to the welfare of
the masses. Because he has no interest in any
corporations To lure him away in the champion
ship of their interests, instead of becoming the
advocate of the people. i second the nomina
tion of George Hearst because he comes from
the humblest OF the lsboring classes and b.
cause he has contributed the best Yeas uf his
life to the growth Of This our Golden State aud
il has become apparent TO the people of California
that Notwithstanding the passing Years have sill
vered his head, and placed their incv table
records on his brow, yet he has been loyal and
true in his love for the people of this State and
10 the State ITSELF and let lis leave this chamber
cT0wning our action, ana the Eour with eyi-
dence that are mindful Of the popular de-
mand by electiug George Heart United States
Senator. Doing that, we can leave il with per
1cCl commence lfal ne VIII never bring atlV dis
honor on our Stale, that he Will never bring
anything but coed 10 her people Applause
senator Wilson of Alameda arose and said |
had the p casure. sir. of listening yesterday to
the speeches of gentlemen who placed in nom
natior the nominee of the Democratic party
for this high Office. both in the Assembly and in
the Senate. But | fai cd 10 detect upon the part
of those Republican members who nominated
the Republican nominee Of the Republican
party. any alllsion 10 the candidate OF tue DEM
ocraiic party, which reflected upon his char.
actcr as man. or which in any way tended to
his dctriment, and assure you, sir, that no Re
publican upon the floor OF this Convention
to-day would have referred TO tie can
ddate of the Democratic marty had not
the Senator from SAN Francisco stated in his
speech tnat If the Republican party thought ii
was doing right 10y the people OF the State to
nominate henry FToonan, that lie. upon behalf
OF his party, cried amen. l think, sir. that,
speaki7 & for the Republican party can return
the compliment, and say that if the Democratic
party believes that ii has done good thing for
the people of the state TO nominate the Hon
George Hearst, the Republican party and the
people OF the state cry amen Yet while the
Senator from San Francisco and my friend SEN
atCr Goucher nomi lated in such eloquent Ian
guage the candidate of the Democratic party
who by the grace of that most highly rcspec,-
able institution, the caucus viii To- day without
doubt be elected to the high Office to which he
aspires-l could not help but reflect upon the
past gloIiea of the United States Senate. 1t was
Bhout thirty wears ego, Mr.. President that IN
the State OF Illinois stephen A. Douglas and
Abraham incon measured minds in their
mighty contest for n scat in the Senate of the
United States. Day after day, week aittr week
these giants of intellect educated the people OF
their State and OF this nation upon The great
questions aud moving issues of the times.
Theirs was contest of brain, indeed, prompted
by love of country. integrity of character and
purity OF heat. Their souls were fired with
ambition to represent the people in the highest
and most hono:ed e. uncil Oftae nation; for at
that time, SIR, the echoes of Websier's thunder
tones and of Henry Clay's silver notes were yet
reverberating through the halls of the Capitol
and ringing in the cars of wondering world
To be an United States Senator then meant to
be in pc int of intellect. character integrity and
in greatness the peer of such men as Benton,
Calhoun, Wade, Fessenden and Seward. Why
were Charles Sumner, John Sherman, Oliver T.
Morton, Zach Chandler, Roscoe Coukling,
John A. Logan, James q. Blaine and other
such bright minds so honorcd by their States
Why, sir, il was because they were men of re-
mnrsable brain power. They understood and
held opinions upon the great questions which
agitaied the country: they had the intellect end
skill to advance their opinions and the moral
courage to maintain them. Not only this sir,
they were elected TO represent the people in the
highest council OF the nation, because the peo.
pie were proud TO point the foreigner to The
American Senate as the index 70 the American
character. And heretofore and to day. sir the
foreign natIou passes ly the universities. our
mountains covered with forests and filed with
precious metal: our great fertile valleys washed
by mighty rivers and productive of mighty agri-
cultural prodrcts-and rivets its eyes upon our
representative men, who. as my friend Goucher
says, act rs seDtinels upon cur GU er wall. and
in them sees reflected the true measure of the
intellect and worth Of the American people. ]
say then. sir. that the occasion which we have at